Collaborate Disseminate
Linux’s vDSO (or virtual dynamic shared object) is “a small shared library that the kernel automatically maps into the address space of all user-space applications,” according to its man page. “There are some system calls the kernel provides that user-… Continue reading Linus Torvalds Tactfully Discusses Value of getrandom() Upgrade for Linux vDSO
Conventional batteries have anodes and cathodes, but a new design from the University of Chicago and the University of California San Diego lacks an anode. While this has been done …read more Continue reading New Battery Has no Anode
As Amazon’s stock hits a record high (rising 32% just this year), long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes:
GeekWire reports that Jeff Bezos keeps selling Amazon stock after announcing his move away from Washington state — and its 7% tax on capit… Continue reading Jeff Bezos’s Move From WA To FL Has Saved Him Close To $1B in Taxes This Year
Workers at delivery company Shipt “found that their paychecks had become…unpredictable,” according to an article in IEEE Spectrum. “They were doing the same work they’d always done, yet their paychecks were often less than they expected. And they did… Continue reading Shipt’s Pay Algorithm Squeezed Gig Workers. They Fought Back
8cc.vim is a C compiler that exists as pure Vimscript. Is it small? It sure is! How about fast? Absolutely not! Efficient? Also no. But does it work and is …read more Continue reading C Compiler Exists Entirely in Vim
At one point on Friday the entire cryptocurrency market shed more than $170 billion in capitalization within 24 hours, CNBC reported (citing data from CoinGecko).
“Cryptocurrencies plunged… as investors focused on the payout of nearly $9 billion to… Continue reading $170 Billion Selloff in Cryptocurrencies Friday as Mt. Gox Payout Looms
An anonymous reader shared this report from NPR:
A teenage computer whiz who used the early-aughts internet to spread awareness of the Catholic faith will become the church’s first millennial saint.
Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia at age 15 in 2… Continue reading 15-Year-Old Webmaster Nicknamed ‘God’s Influencer’ Will Be Catholic Church’s First Millennial Saint
“After sixteen years since the introduction of Python 3, the Fedora project announces that Python 2.7, the last of the Python 2 series, will be retired,” according to long-time Slashdot reader slack_justyb.
From the announcement on the Fedora change… Continue reading Fedora 41 Finally Retires Python 2.7
When homebrewing a CPU, one has to deal with microcode. Microcode is the low-level nuts and bolts of how, precisely, a CPU executes instructions (like opcodes) and performs functions such …read more Continue reading Custom Microcode Compiler, Made in Google Sheets
Should I separate plain "bsd" or "bsd.mp" if I need a safer operating system? eg.: against side-channel attacks.
Thinking of that even 2 physical core CPUs can share something between each other that can be attacked.
… Continue reading Is a "single" cpu safer than multiple cores?